Not everybody can be an impact player, but the team also needs role players to succeed.

And some Jets rookies could fill valuable roles.

We'll talk about who they are and which roles they could fill today on Locked On Jets.

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Welcome, this is the Locked on Jets podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.

It's Monday, May 5th, 2025, and I'm your host, John B from gangreneation.com. Thank you so much for making the show your first listener, first watch every day. Big shout out to every dayers. This is a daily podcast covering the New York Jets with new episodes each day through the week, Monday through Friday. Today we're going to talk about Jets rookies.

And in particular, we're going to talk about Jets rookies who could grow into quality

role players. Now, of course, the Jets would love for everybody they drafted and everybody they

signed an undrafted free agency to develop into star level players. Short of that, they love for all

of these guys to become quality starters. But of course,

that's not realistic. And in reality, winning teams also need quality role players, guys who maybe

aren't starters, guys who maybe don't see a huge snap count, but play important roles on a football

team. And while every player that gets drafted and every player they signed as a UDFA will not

ultimately be a valuable role player, there are a number of guys who at least have the potential

to be. And we're going to talk about who some of them are. We're going to talk about potential

special teams role players. We're going to talk about potential defensive role players. But let's

start by talking about potential offensive role players. But let's start by talking about potential offensive role players.

And we'll begin by discussing the pick, which if you've been listening to the show over the last week,

you've heard me criticize quite a bit.

And that was the pick that Jets made it in the fourth round, Arrian Smith, the wide receiver out of Georgia.

Now, I think Arion Smith's biggest critic would tell you that he is a guy

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